administrative assistant

noun

1. a person employed to aid an executive, as in a corporate department, by coordinating such office services and procedures as the supervision, maintenance, and control of the flow of work and programs, personnel, budgeting, records, etc., for the entire department.

Example Sentences

Faizah, for example, is a 31-year-old woman living in California, where she works as an administrative assistant at a nonprofit.

From Slate

While we were talking, Bass got an urgent call from her daughter, Yvette Lechuga, who works as senior administrative assistant at Mount St. Mary’s University.

From Los Angeles Times

He needed “all hands on deck,” said Ken Keeler, an administrative assistant at Golden Legacy.

From Los Angeles Times

“Most people my age just kind of scribble,” said Johnson, 20, who works as an administrative assistant at a medical imaging clinic.

From Los Angeles Times

Traumatized by memories of a childhood punctuated with vicious bullying and bereft at the more recent death of her father, the beleaguered administrative assistant soon finds solace in slashing her way to some semblance of justice.

From Salon